This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. ▶ Video ↗

Texas Rangers @ Oakland Athletics

2018-08-22 · Day game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 13139 · 68°F · Wind 8 mph to RF · 3:03

Texas Rangers defeated Oakland Athletics 4–2. Texas Rangers opened the scoring in the 1st — Shin-Soo Choo homers (21) on a fly ball to left center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Nick Martini strikes out swinging — worth 18% in win probability.

⚾ Statcast pitch charts →

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	9
OAK	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	4

W: Mike Minor L: Edwin Jackson SV: Jose Leclerc

Umpires — HP: Chris Segal · 1B: Marvin Hudson · 2B: Bruce Dreckman · 3B: Mike Estabrook · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Shin-Soo Choo	4	2	1	1	1	1
Rougned Odor	4	0	0	0	1	2
Elvis Andrus	5	1	1	0	0	0
Nomar Mazara	5	0	0	0	0	3
Adrian Beltre	4	0	2	2	0	1
Jurickson Profar	4	0	2	0	0	0
Joey Gallo	2	1	1	1	2	0
Robinson Chirinos	4	0	1	0	0	2
Ronald Guzman	4	0	1	0	0	1

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Marcus Semien	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ramon Laureano	4	0	0	0	0	2
Matt Chapman	2	1	0	0	2	1
Khris Davis	2	0	0	0	1	1
Stephen Piscotty	4	0	1	1	0	0
Matt Olson	3	0	0	0	1	1
Chad Pinder	3	1	2	0	0	0
Mark Canha	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jonathan Lucroy	2	0	0	0	0	1
Nick Martini	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jed Lowrie	1	0	1	1	0	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Minor	6.0	1	1	4
Cory Gearrin	0.2	1	1	1
Alex Claudio	0.1	0	0	1
Chris Martin	1.0	2	0	1
Jose Leclerc	1.0	0	2	2

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Edwin Jackson	4.1	7	3	2
Yusmeiro Petit	1.2	1	1	4
Shawn Kelley	1.0	1	0	2
Fernando Rodney	1.0	0	0	0
Ryan Buchter	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Shin-Soo Choo: HR/F78XD+
Rougned Odor: 4/L34D+
Elvis Andrus: 53/G56
Nomar Mazara: 7/F7LS

Bot 1

Marcus Semien: 8/F8LD
Ramon Laureano: 53/G5+
Matt Chapman: 7/F7D+

Top 2

Adrian Beltre: 6/L56D+
Jurickson Profar: 43/G4+
Joey Gallo: W
Robinson Chirinos: S7/L7S+.1-2
Ronald Guzman: 5/F56-

Bot 2

Khris Davis: W
Stephen Piscotty: 9/F9LS
Matt Olson: 46(1)3/GDP/G34+

Top 3

Shin-Soo Choo: W
Rougned Odor: W.1-2
Elvis Andrus: 7/F7LD
Nomar Mazara: 8/F8LXD+.2-3
Adrian Beltre: S8/G6M+.3-H;1-2
Jurickson Profar: 4/F89S-

Bot 3

Chad Pinder: S9/L89S
Mark Canha: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Jonathan Lucroy: 8/F8RS

Top 4

Joey Gallo: HR/F89XD+
Robinson Chirinos: K
Ronald Guzman: S8/L8LS+
Shin-Soo Choo: 8/F8LXD+
Rougned Odor: 5/F56-

Bot 4

Marcus Semien: K
Ramon Laureano: 63/G6+
Matt Chapman: K

Top 5

Elvis Andrus: S8/G4M+
Nomar Mazara: K+WP.1-2
Adrian Beltre: S8/L6MD+.2-H
Jurickson Profar: D9/L34+.1-3
Joey Gallo: IW
Robinson Chirinos: K
Ronald Guzman: K

Bot 5

Khris Davis: 7/F78M
Stephen Piscotty: 8/F8RM
Matt Olson: 13/G13

Top 6

Shin-Soo Choo: K
Rougned Odor: K
Elvis Andrus: 9/F9LM

Bot 6

Chad Pinder: 8/F8RXD+
Mark Canha: K
Jonathan Lucroy: K

Top 7

Nomar Mazara: K
Adrian Beltre: K
Jurickson Profar: S8/L4D+
Joey Gallo: 3/G3S+

Bot 7

Marcus Semien: 43/G4D
Ramon Laureano: K
Matt Chapman: W
Khris Davis: HP.1-2
Stephen Piscotty: D9/G3.2-H;1-3
Matt Olson: K

Top 8

Robinson Chirinos: 9/L9M
Ronald Guzman: 8/L8LD+
Shin-Soo Choo: 63/G4-

Bot 8

Chad Pinder: S9/L4D
Nick Martini: WP.1-2
Nick Martini: 6/L6
Jed Lowrie: D9/L9LS.2-H
Marcus Semien: 7/F7D
Ramon Laureano: K

Top 9

Rougned Odor: K
Elvis Andrus: 43/G4+
Nomar Mazara: K

Bot 9

Matt Chapman: W
Khris Davis: WP.1-3
Khris Davis: K
Stephen Piscotty: 9/F89S
Matt Olson: W
Chad Pinder: HP.1-2
Nick Martini: K

Notes & reviews

Mound Visit
Mound Visit
Mound Visit
Mound Visit
Mound Visit
Mound Visit
On-field Delay $Rangers challenged call that Pinder was hit by pitch; call Was upheld - hit by pitch

⚾ Arcade